Calamity Jane American Soldier Quotations

In 1865 we emigrated from our homes in Missourri by the overland route to Virginia City, Montana, taking five months to make the journey.

It was during this campaign that I was christened Calamity Jane. It was on Goose Creek, Wyoming, where the town of Sheridan is now located.

As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points.

As I thought I had travelled through life long enough alone and thought it was about time to take a partner for the rest of my days.

By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.